Global IP service provider Questel acquires Markify. CEO Benoit Fallenius: "A perfect match."
Blog: https://t.co/mvMMVeO0Wy
Press release: https://t.co/yTgs1HPp0a
As Klarna grew "senior execs" surrounded me demanding; focus, priority, strategy
Never felt right & never worked
Back to organic, iterative, testing tons of things
= worked
Don´t lead from "board room"
Lead from "trenches"
Now @nntaleb has given me a word for it:
Anti-fragile
A "bedtime story" I did not fall asleep while reading is the contrarian, highly educational, 16 year long Klarna fundraising story, by the Klarna founder himself @klarnaseb (scroll down to "A bed time story"):
https://t.co/YB68s9pXoL
If you want to start a startup, it's good to know about multiple, unrelated things. Startups often depend on 4 or 5 different kinds of knowledge, and it's great if they can all be found in 2 founders.
Historically, renaming things has not been a good sign. It usually falls on a continuum from bogus (liberty sausages) to totalitarian (Kampuchea). Though one end of this continuum is comparatively harmless, there is nothing good on it. Productive people have other things to do.
It looks like suddenly, having 20+ years of experience of not clubbing, not going out for drinks, working remotely, being in video calls all day long, and, most importantly, having a bad haircut has become a huge competitive advantage.
It’s my birthday. I’m 68. I feel like pulling up a rocking chair and dispensing advice to the young ‘uns. Here are 68 bits of unsolicited advice which I offer as my birthday present to all of you. https://t.co/ylgC9i1wfp
Underrated skill for founders: Altitude shifting.
People are often either good at high-level strategy or atomic-level execution, but rarely both.
It's the ability to zoom out & paint the 5 yr vision, and then drop down into the weeds of day-to-day, & see how the two connect.
Newly founded startups have no choice but to delight their customers. They don't have enough power to maltreat them.
One of the most important things the founders can do as the startup grows is to continue to insist on delighting customers.